NEW GALLERY SPACES OPENING IN 2016

In December 2016, our fourth floor will be transformed into a new destination for historical education and innovation. During the current renovation, objects from our permanent collection are on view throughout the Museum.

Collection Highlights

Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904

Date:

1904

Object Number:

PR.020.90.1

Medium:

Silver gelatin print

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An octagonal white ceramic ash tray with a green border and a central image of a Asian looking building in a forest. It reads around the rim "Priv. Karlsbader/ Porzellanfabrik/ Carl Knoll/ Fischern-Karlsbad", and around the image "Porzellan-Pavillon Der Japan In Fischern".

Credit Line:

Gift of Bella C. Landauer

Object Number:

2002.1.2587

Date Begin:

1900

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.